steamboat
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The steamboat reversed this flow, reshaping the antebellum economy decades before the railroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The famous Delta Queen steamboat that now plies the Mississippi was built in Stockton to move passengers and freight in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
Four years after completing her studies, Flora married Edwin Patterson of Ripley, Ohio, and they settled in nearby Cincinnati where he was a steamboat pilot.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 2023
Developments in transportation and communications technology, especially the locomotive, steamboat, and telegraph, transformed the way their citizens lived, traveled, and worked.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
My favorite is the picture of a steamboat churning up the Mississippi.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The number of steamboats on Western U.S. rivers grew to 740 by 1850 from 17 in 1817.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
In the late 19th century, steamboats, also called stern-wheelers, were part of Puget Sound’s celebrated Mosquito Fleet and a prime mode of transport for hops, timber and people in rural waterways.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Bucky would tell you that the hotel was built in 1847 and guests originally traveled by steamboats to enjoy their holiday by the bay.
From Salon ● May 4, 2023
The lake, which was once navigated by steamboats, had evaporated into dusty salt flats after the aqueduct was completed in 1913.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
A fish market was coming to life along the avenue, and the shouts of merchants mixed with the caws of seagulls and rumble of steamboats coming in to port.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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